Quetta

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ISLAMABAD: Angry protesters blocked key highways in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on the fourth day of the unrest sparked by the killing of tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in an Army operation as the number of those detained in connection with rioting rose to nearly 700. Baloch nationalist parties continued with their general strike against Bugti's killing and blocked several highways, including the main highway liking...

ISLAMABAD: Vowing that Pakistan would never give up Kashmir, president Pervez Musharraf said he would convey his country's stand in this regard to PM Manmohan Singh in "unequivocal terms" when they meet in New York later this month. "We will not give up Kashmir, we have fought wars over it. Pakistan will have to ensure the interest of Kashmiris. I will meet Manmohan Singh (on September 22) and tell him in unequivocal terms about our stand on the issue. We will not give up Kashmir," he told a meeting of army officers and soldiers at a 'Garrison darbar' in Quetta on Saturday.

ISLAMABAD: Militant outfits in Pakistan are regrouping as more 'cohesive units' to carry out fresh terrorist attacks in the country as security agencies have failed to implement the ban against them, Pakistan interior ministry said in its new report. The militant groups have started "reorganising into cohesive and autonomous groups" and are responsible for a fresh wave of terrorist attacks in Quetta and Karachi, it said. The jehadi outfits, including Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba, banned twice by president Pervez Musharraf since January, '02, have regrouped under different names.